DIVE SITE
Mawali Wreck
The most popular wreck in the Strait, this huge WW2 Japanese freighter lies on her side, offering a coral-encrusted oasis. This is a very good nudibranch / flatworm dive, with huge scorpionfish and lionfish guaranteed. Also good for cuttlefish, ghost pipefish and mantis shrimps. Mawali is the name of the nearby village.

Depths
30 m maximu depht

Boat Rides
15 minute

Habitats
Sand & Rubble
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa

Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus

Banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus

Shorthead Fangblenny
Petroscirtes breviceps
Latticed Sandperch
Parapercis clathrata
Yellow Tail Sandperch
Parapercis sp.

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Shortfin Lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus
Whitebar Filefish
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus

Bristle-tail filefish
Acreichthys tomentosus
Cornet Fish
Fistularia commersonii

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis
Spotted Boxfish
Ostrcion meleagris

Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini

Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa

Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus

Map Puffer
Arothron mappa

Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular

Clown Anemone Fish
Amphiprion percula

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus
Schooling Bannerfish
Heniochus diphreutes

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Palette Surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus
Black Snapper
Macolor niger

Spotted Painted Sweetlips
Diagramma pictum

Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus
Cloudy Grouper
Epinephelus erythrurus

Double Banded Soapfish
Diploprion bifasciatum

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Pink-eared Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus latirostris

Humpback prawn
Metapenaeopsis lamellata

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Holthuisi Commensal shrimp
Periclemenes holthuisi

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Amboinensis Crinoid shrimp
Periclimenes amboinensis

Orangutan crab
Oncinopus sp.1

Candy crab
Hoplophrys oatesii

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Branching Anemone
Actinodendron plumosum

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Double-snouted Spindle Cowries
Phenacovolva birostris

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus

Phyllidia picta Nudibranch
Phyllidia picta

Doriprismatica atromarginata Nudibranch
Doriprismatica atromarginata

Goniobranchus coi Nudibranch
Goniobranchus coi

Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Flabellina exoptata Nudibranch
Flabellina exoptata

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Hypselodoris tryoni Nudibranch
Hypselodoris tryoni

Glossodoris hikuerensis Nudibranch
Glossodoris hikuerensis

Hypselodoris bullockii Nudibranch
Hypselodoris bullockii

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi

Brittle Star
Ophiothrix sp.

Baby Watcher
Linckia multifora